... THE ?? IN- - The Society of Friends, at their annual sessions sen held in London last month, issued an epistle to theire mnembers, extracts from which wve now present to gra our readers. The freshness and excellence of the counsel contained in this document will, we think, ver commend it to the public generally. T[le yearly tio meeting of the Friends, which usually occupiesabout Th ten days, ...

... I [AIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, JUNE 3. Mr BERNAL and other members from the Commons brought up the Turnpike Roads, the Militia B;allot Suspension, the Stamp Duties (Law Proceedings), the Madhouses (6cotland), the Sewers, the Court-houses (Ireland), the Newry Navigation, the London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, and the Ordnance Survey bills. *A great number of petitions were ...

... tlLLUSTRATIONS OF WITCHCRAFT. NO. IV. |'What has NELLY BROwN done? Why, they say she's bewitch'd old Farmer Jumps; and he's a.going to marry the Blacksmith's Daughter.' About 1664, the epidemic broke out in Essex, and the infamous wratch, Matthew Hopkins, took a advantage of the mania to volunteer his services as f witch-finder. A nature so base and cruel was fitted 3 to perform the task, and ...

... The new model prison is situated in the Chalk- t road, which leads from the bottom of Pentoiville- 0 hill to Holloway, and is near the Caledonian 6 Asylum, and when completed it will contain 00 r prisoners. It is surrounded with walls of consider- S able height, which enclose within them, in the 9 shape of an irregular pentagon, an area of GQ acres. r The entrance to the prison, which faces ...

... s0 I HRAZIL SUGAR AND BRtAZIL GOLD. 1! suh Copy of a Letter to Viscount Melbourne on the Sugar QueStion, rought - ?? c ure My' Loan,-The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery wr Society has forwarded your Lordship a strong remonstrance, Icee tik dated the 126thi March last, against the admission of Brazil ?? sugars, because produced by the legal slave labour of that sin botcountry, although it ...

... The Rev. Thomas Shipperdson, of Durhanm, has given 51., and the Hon. H. T. Liddell, and Ralph Fenwick, Esq., of London, 101. each, towards promot- ing additional sittings for the poor in Sundorland. Church. Wm. Mitcalfe, Esq., Coal Exchange, London, has ordered 101. to be paid to Christopher Branwell, Esq., treasurer, as his subscription for the purpose of erecting galleries in Sunderland ...

... * .f ,THE HPkESJDENT'S MESSAGE. PIresident Tyler's. messae, delivered it C6on- greA onthe 1st instf, was rdeived at Liverpool early on Tuesday. It is along documeent, but does not Pos- sess much that cast interest the English reader. Tlhe President says:- No important changes have taken place in our foreign relations since .ztho last session of Coigress, it is not deemed necessary, on this ...

... THE MANCHESTER TIMES AND THE SLAUGHTER! Tim plotters and concocters of the Manchester WI slaughter were miserably disappointed, that the sen prudence and good sense of the Chartiets foiled the their contemplated slip of the dogs of war upon foo a peaceful and unarmed multitude. The Whig the organs were Badly puzzled what to make of the thr affair; for the prudence and good sense of the I ...

... MIZSCE M L ANSOUS. An honest manl's word is as good as his bond, is a trite r maxim. So is a rogue's in nine cases out of tell. His HANDS FUL.,-A man is supposed to be tolerably well occupied when he has a wife oil one arm, a baby on the other, carrying a basket and a call in his hand, a cigar in his mouth, and a e hopeful heir holding on to tie skirts of his coat. A traveller domiciling at ...

... THE QuEErN.-We feel the greatest pleasure in stat- 'ing that the Queen enjoys most excellent health and spirits. The very important eventof her Majesty's aceouchiemsent may be expected at the end of September, or early in the month of October. Prince Albert, contrary to the rumours that have been so insidiously spread for many weeks, has been and continues'at the present time in the enjoyment ...

... EFFECT:S OF THE BRITISH CORN-LAWS IN AMERICA. -COTTON FACMOaRES.-In Fayetteville, North Carolina, and its vicinity, are now in operation six cotton factories. The number of spindles in them is 11,198; number of looms, 160; number of persons employed, 417; quan- tity of cotton required per annum, 4,222 bales. The capital invested is 299,000 dollars. An abundant supply of unfailing water in the ...

... Brciwictz-ur'oN-TistED.-Mr l~oillgson, one of the present 1iiernbcnrs, coimes forwarud again, along tritit ?? %%ecloii, nit East India mlerchansot inl place of Mr Iomewho retires, Both gentlemen tire or Copev'te rinriplec. ?? Wliigs hase brought forwavrd Mr lilsvsey Stonivy, prereiit Miember for P-3tefr-et, who, is heir to thle IlaggertAnn estates, nli ancient Catholic family in tlhc ...